Chrome survives hackers in annual browser bash

The third annual Pwn2Own security competition, which challenges hackers and security experts to find vulnerabilities in web browsers and mobile devices, has come to a close taking its usual share of victims. As noted last week, Safari was compromised in less than 10 seconds using a prepared exploit while Firefox and IE were taken down shortly thereafter. Google’s Chrome browser, however, was the only one left standing – despite rules of the contest being relaxed on day two to make the attacks easier.

Previous Pwn2Own champion Charlie Miller said that, although he did find a security hole in Google's browser, he was unable to exploit it because of Chrome's sandboxing feature and Windows 7 security measures together pose a formidable challenge. Notably, on the mobile side of things, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Android and iPhone also emerged unscathed.